First Person IMP Robot
Experience Maia through the eyes of the IMP Robot, walk around your base doing the tasks the IMPs usually do, explore outside, mine the rock walls for minerals and build Nanofibre Blocks. First person mode introduces a whole new way to observe and interact with the planet Maia. To enter this mode, click/track the object you want to possess and click the new icon that appears at the bottom of the screen.

Utility Robot Control
In addition to the first person IMP Robots you can also view the world of Maia through Utility Robots. Using it's repair arm you will be able to repair objects and "accidentally" set colonists on fire.

Turret View
Keep watch of your base by possessing the turrets. The turret view adds a unique way to view Maia.

Colonist Suit Head Cams
Cameras have also been mounted in colonist suits so you can see what they colonists see when they are outside.

First Person Door Control
Take control of the doors around your base. Open and close to allow colonists, pets and robots entry to rooms. This is really great for annoying colonists.

Hydroponic Agriculture
Feed your colonists a varied diet with the addition of potatoes, carrots, kale and broccoli. Each of these plants take a different amount of time to grow, and produce different amounts of energy and micro-nutrients, allowing you to manage your colonies supplies more effectively.

Rendering And Performance Improvements
Lens flares and reflections and general rendering have been improved and game performance has been enhanced by code clean ups and alterations.

Change log:

Construction planning tweaked. Colonists are more aware of complex needs. For instance won't build more beds than people, prioritize atmosphere generation in rooms more likely to run out of air, and not build more beds than there are people.

Colonist can now die from dehydration.

IV drips now work to medicate colonists who are dehydrated or starving.

A sparkle has been added to the cave system to create the feel of dust.

A whole host of new sound work have been added to the game and UI such as footsteps, robot movements and other ambient noises.

When a colonist claims ownership of a blueprint, it will brighten the hologram to show it.

IMPs are now smarter about picking up minerals. Can carry two at once.

Most IMP lockups fixed.

Colonists no longer get enamoured with Voxnocturnus when they are set to interact with them.

Gaps in some of the info tips on items have been fixed.

Colonists should no longer risk running outside with their suits off to get minerals.

Several colonist needs balanced. Socialising will take up less time, colonists are more likely to avoid it if they have an important task.

Socialising colonists do a lot less spinning around to look at the person they are interacting with.

Colonists will no longer stare each other to death.

Balanced base spawning for sandbox missions.

Screenshots are now working in Steam.

Colonists path finding to research trees has been improved.

Colonists empty barrels of water at the correct time.

A lot of sounds have been added or corrected. This includes email and UI sound effects.

Flags can now be deleted if you're not feeling very patriotic.

Hydroponics priorities have been reduced to stop colonists becoming obsessed with them.

We hope you enjoy Maia’s Update, give us your feedback here, on the Steam Forum, or by mentioning #MaiaGame on twitter.

Re: Update 0.51: In, Robot

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 1:09 am

by PlasmaDavid

Woo! (Shouldn't this be in the long-neglected News subforum?)

First time trying Maia in a while, it's coming along very well! Still feels a lot more like tending to a fishtank full of independent elements rather than a driven and purposeful base building exercise but that's to be expected. Though honestly there are more than enough base building games (indie or otherwise) that run like clockwork, it's great to have a game that feels "organic" and chaotic instead of just being a spreadsheet with a fancy GIU.

BUG I've found - Marking a square of rock for mining, then mining it manually controlling the drone ends up with the green mining indicator remaining hovering over the freshly mined area, unremoveable FOREVER.

Also Simon, I can set chickens on fire with a welding robot in a game. Seriously, who cares how good or bad the main gameplay is, if you put enough silly/chaotic elements like that into the game you will have a cult classic. (Suggestion, don't tweet about every cool little feature like the chair spinning, keep some secrets! Like I suggested once, control panel lights that blink in morse code! Or even better, the player cursor can press control panel buttons! I also want to see bored colonists sneakily playing some PONG on a research console!)

(Another suggestion, work on animal running/panic animations ASAP, for SCIENCE, and by science I mean being on fire chaos)